Commodities
PrimaryRubidium, Beryllium, Lithium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePEGMATITE, ZONED, MAGMATIC
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1945
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID60000718
MRDS IDISM0492
Alternate namesGooste Mines, Rubicon, Helicon, Karlsbrunn
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-22.14691, 16.00152
References
AUBERT, G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.--BULL.DU B.R.G.M.,NO 2,P.23-93,PARIS 1963ROERING, C AND GEVERS,T.W.,1964: LITHIUM- AND BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE KARIBIB DISTRICT,SOUTH WEST AFRICA.-IN:HAUGHTON,S.H.(EDITOR):THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,VOL.2,P.463-495; GEOL.SOC.SOUTH AF-RICA,JOHANNESBURG.